English Conversation (video teaching): 07/05/17

How to Express Percentage in English

source: Shaw English Online 2014年1月25日
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Linking and Thought Groups – Spoken English

source: Rachel's English 2017年5月30日
Learn about linking and thought groups and how they will help you in American English conversation. When you make pauses in spoken English, separating thought groups, you will be easier to understand. When you link together words within a thought group, you will sound smooth and natural.
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Improve your Vocabulary: Foreign Words in English

source: English Lessons with Adam 2017年6月30日
Are you an English guru? Well, then you must speak many languages because English uses words from all over the world. In this lesson, you'll be hit by a tsunami of new words like "kaput", "faux pas", and "prima donna". Though they may have started out in another language, these words have now become an accepted part of English vocabulary. English is always evolving, lending, and borrowing terms from other languages. Watch to learn more about this, and don't forget to do the quiz at the end at https://www.engvid.com/foreign-words-... ! I'm really gung ho about this one!

5 ways to use the word 'light' - Oliver Twist part one

source: BBC Learning English 2016年7月14日
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Sit back, relax and learn some vocabulary as BBC Learning English brings you our version of Charles Dickens' classic novel 'Oliver Twist', while using the word 'light' in seven different ways.
There are five uses in part one. To see more watch part two and test your understanding of the word 'light'. You can see it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/...

TRANSCRIPT
Hello, I'm Mariam – and today I've got a story about a young orphan - he has a tough life but with hope, spirit and a little bit of luck, all that could change.

This young orphan is called Oliver. At the age of nine he ends up in a miserable, grim workhouse. All the children who work there are always cold and light fires to keep warm. They are also badly treated and are always so hungry. One day, Oliver bravely goes up to the manager to ask him for more food, but he is thrown out because of his insolence. And so begins Oliver's new life.

I'll jump on a bit in the story. He's in London and he gets in with the wrong crowd: a friendly young beggar invites him to shelter in a run-down, damp building with very little light - so it is dark too. It is run by a scruffy old man called Fagin. Oliver doesn't have to pay anything to stay there but in order to earn his keep, he has to work as a pickpocket – carefully and secretly stealing money and valuable possessions from people's pockets. He knows it's wrong but what else can he do?

When he sees the other children pickpocketing Oliver isn't happy and he runs away but the police catch him, thinking he is the thief. Luckily, a kind gentleman called Mr Brownlow sees what is going on and is able to shed light on what happened to the police. He then agrees to look after poor Oliver.

All seems well - Oliver has his own big spacious room, with windows and it's painted in a light blue colour. For the first time, he even has his own big comfy bed – and it's not long before he's out like a light.

L [l] Consonant - How to make the L [l] Consonant

source: Rachel's English 2017年6月6日
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'Let Someone Off the Hook'

source: Maple Leaf ESL 2017年5月2日
In this lesson, we look at how to use the verb phrase, 'let someone off the hook,' as in, 'I'm so glad I don't have to go to the big family reunion. My parents let me off the hook'.
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